Developing effective leadership in the NHS to maximise the quality of patient careUsing feedback from a number of experienced NHS leaders, Chris Roebuck reviews past NHS leadership development and identifies leadership development options from the commercial sector that would benefit the NHS. Read more »
Followership in the NHSThis paper suggests that the current focus on leadership underestimates the role of followers in securing a successful health service and overestimates the ability of individual ‘heroic’ leaders to make a significant difference to all circumstances. Read more »
The roles of leaders in high-performing health care systemsThis paper reviews five health care systems that are viewed as ‘high-performing’, using cross-case methods to identify the key factors linked to their success, examining their leadership strategies, organisational processes and the investments they made to create and sustain improvements in care. Read more »
The future of leadership and management in the NHS. No more heroesThis report explores whether the model, prevalent in public service over recent years, of the ‘hero’ chief executive still hold sway? Read more »
Leadership in context: Lessons from new leadership theory and current leadership development practiceKim Turnbull James outlines some of the latest thinking in leadership theory and leadership development and includes three case studies of leadership development programmes which incorporate these ideas. Read more »